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ACAP

Work Plan for 2011-2013

(for approval by SAOs)

ACAP will continue, as outlined below, to undertake activities and implementprojects approved by the Ministers:

1. Review progress in reducing contaminants the Arctic, including the impact ofACAP projects and capacity built through ACAP as well as complementarynational actions of Arctic Council member states.

2. Cooperate with other Working Groups, in particular PAME and AMAP, and theShort-Lived Climate Forcers Task Force (SLCF TF) to exchange information oncontamination in the Arctic and progress in making reductions.

3. Cooperate with Barents Euro Arctic Council (BEAC) on hot spot exclusion fromthe BEAC HS list.

4. Develop an Integrated Hazardous Waste Management Strategy (IHWMS)focusing on the Northern Regions of the Russian Federation that will address,among other items, disposition and destruction of collected contaminants,mercury containing wastes, brominated flame retardants (BFR), POPs includingPCBs and obsolete pesticides. A report presenting a strategy for at least oneregion will be delivered to the Ministerial meeting in 2013.

5. Prepare demonstration project on diesel black carbon reductions in the Arctic,taking into account needs of indigenous populations, and identify additional

projects on short-lived climate forcers (SLCFs) that ACAP may wish to undertakeas part of its new SLCF contaminants project steering group.

6. Complete obsolete pesticides inventory and safe storage project in the remainingRussian Arctic priority regions.

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7. Assess together with the Russian experts and Ministry of Natural Resources andEcology the environmental performance of Russian hazardous waste destructionfacilities for destruction of hazardous waste, including obsolete pesticides, PCBsand other POPs as soon as such capacity becomes available. Implement at leastone demonstration projects on environmentally sound destruction of obsolete

pesticides and PCBs according to the Stockholm Convention. A report on theresults from the assessment and demonstration project will be delivered to theMinisterial meeting in 2013.

8. To further identify important point sources and to implement control technologiesfor reduction/elimination of dioxin/furan releases at such point sources e.g. pulpand paper mills, metal industries, cement kilns and waste incineration plants in theRussian Arctic. A report summarizing the results from the work will be deliveredto the Ministerial meeting in 2013.

9. As contribution to UNEP Global Mercury Partnership, prepare strategy for furthermercury reductions in the Arctic including Terms of References and business planfor a demonstration projects in one or two regions of Northwest Russia ondemonstration projects to address additional mercury-release sectors in Russia(products, coal-fired power plants, non-ferrous metal production and mining.

10.Continue to seek possibilities to reduce brominated flame retardant (BFR)releases to the Arctic.

11.Identify areas of ACAP activity that are relevant to reducing indigenouscommunities' exposure to contaminants in remote areas of the Arctic in co-operation with the indigenous people organizations (IPCAP) and exploresynergies between the priorities identified by ACAP and indigenous peoplesorganizations.

12.Implement model projects on safe handling, storage and treatment of hazardouschemicals present as local sources of contamination on remote arctic areas incl.Franz Josef Land (FJL).

13. Continue cooperation with the Barents Euro-Arctic Council and NEFCO toaddress "hot spots" in the Arctic.

14. Continue cooperation with NEFCO to finance and facilitate implementation ofACAP projects and mobilize the Project Support Instrument (PSI) and define

project eligibility requirements.

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15. Initiate co-operation to address the contamination issues arising from the oil, gas,mining, and shipping sectors in the Arctic based on the findings andrecommendations of the Assessment of Oil and Gas Activities in the Arctic byAMAP and the PAME Arctic Ocean Review and related Arctic Council initiativesin these areas.

16. Enhance outreach and information exchange to promote successful projects ofACAP, including among relevant international organizations.